Jordan Rubin
Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro,” a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MS NOW, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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Even before the Powell investigation, the Supreme Court had signaled its intent to insulate the central bank from Trump’s consolidation of agency power. edit
In a solo dissent, the Biden appointee urged her colleagues to “err on the side of keeping our courthouse doors open.”
One of Trump’s first moves in his second term was trying to end birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court will weigh in this term on the action deemed illegal in the lower courts.
This week’s Deadline: Legal Newsletter examines a case from the president’s personal docket, regarding his civil liability for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll.
“Deadline: White House” legal analyst Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump administration lawsuits and other issues.
A dissenting judge, appointed by Trump, provided a guide for the high court to strike down California’s congressional map even after approving Texas’ map.
Joined only by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Biden appointee dissented from a ruling that gives a GOP congressman the green light to sue over ballot counting.
Tuesday’s hearings were about whether red states can ban transgender women in sports. The next case could be about whether states such as California can allow them.
Halligan maintains that she can still call herself a U.S. attorney even though a judge said she was unlawfully appointed.
The legal question of mootness and whether the court prematurely granted review lurks in the appeals set for oral argument Tuesday.
